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UNN GSP 201 Past Questions and Answers

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GSP 207: Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence QUIZ

GSP 207: Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence QUIZ

                           

                           HUMANITIES UNIT SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES
                                      UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA

 First Semester Examinations, 2013/2014 Session Friday, April 2, 2014: Time 11/2 hrs.
GSP 207: Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence
Candidate’s Personal Data:

Name …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Department …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Candidate’s Signature ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Candidate’s GSP 207 Lecturer/Seminar Leader ………………………………………………………………………………………..
General Instructions: Candidates Must:
(i)                  Fill in the above information under Candidate’s Personal Data and complete the corresponding columns in the examination answer booklet before answering any Question
(ii)                Insert this question paper inside the answer script and hand in to the invigilator at the end of the examination.
(Section A) Answer Question 1 and any other Question
1.       State the Authors, year of publications and ISBN numbers of TWO of the SET texts you read, and summarized the themes with emphasis on how the Nation can attain stability and meaningful development.
2.       How can Humanities be adapted to serve the needs of Africa?
3.       Human Rights and Social Justice is an imperative for nation building: discuss this statement with reference to Nigerian situation.
4.       Highlight the traditional Values and mention how they could resolve the crises of moral values in our time.
(SECTION B) Attempt all Questions
Supply the correct answer to each of the statements from the list of options provided.

1.       The branch of philosophy that deals with studies of human knowledge is known  as ----------------- A Epidemiology B. Rationalism C Epistemology D. Axiology

2.        Who among these is not a rationalist? A. Plato B. Rene Descartes C. Leibniz D. John Locke

3.       All these are empiricists excepts: A. Spinoza B. Huma C. Hobbes D. Berkeley

4.       It was --------------------- who reconciled both rationalism and empiricism. A. Emmanuel Kant B Immanuel Kant C. Immanuel Cant D Immanuel Kant.

5.       The source of knowledge that deals with the act of communicating divine truth is ----------------- A. Intuition B. Revelation C. Authority D. Reason

6.       The major thrust of skepticism is ------------------ A Praise singing B. Epistemology C. Doubt D. Pragmatism

7.       ----------------------------- saw skepticism as a contradiction. A St. Augustine B. St. Anselem C. St. Andrew, D. St. Francis

8.       “My brother, who leads the most powerful secret cult on the campus, seeks to know if my name if still in your list of noise-makers”. In Fallacy, this statement is an example of my name is still in your list of noise-makers”. in fallacy, this statement is an example of
A. Argumentum ad Hominen B. Argumentum ad Misericordiam C. Argumentum ad Baculum D. Argumentum ad Verecundiam.

9.       The following are examples of fallacies of ambiguity, except 
A. Accent B. Descent. C. Amphiboly D. Equivocation.

10.   The fallacy of Begging the Question is also known as:
A Questio Disputata B. Tu Quogue C. Non Causa Pro Causa D. Petitio Principi

11.   Ignoratio Elenchi is another name for the fallacy of:
A. Irrelevant conclusion B. Ignorance C. False cause D. False Belief

12.   United Nation Declaration of Human Rights took place in the year.
A 1939                   B. 1945 C. 1948                  D. 1949

13.   In the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, Human Rights were enshrined as fundamental Rights in Chapter.
A One                        B. Two                  C. Three               D. Four

14.   One of the following is not an aspect of Human Rights:
A. Rights to Life B. Rights to Fair hearing                 C. Rights to Self-determination         D. Rights to Kleptomania

15.   ----------------------- distinguished two sources of the expression to value
A. Plato B. John Dewey              C. Phaedo                 D. Noetis A

16.   Franz Fanen’s writings are known to advocate violence of a particular nature:
 A. Physical              B. Economic        C. Cultural                D. African            E. Natural

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17.   Two Branches of metaphysics are:         
A. Cosmogony and Ontology      B. Cosmology and Ontology        C. Epistemology and Axiology          D. Ethics and Aesthetics

18.   One of these is not among the four causes postulated by Aristotle:
A. The material cause             B. The formal cause                 C. The final cause             D. The efficiency cause

19.   The equalization Scheme exalted -----------------------
A. African – Americans B. African outcast C. African dibias D. African magic E. None of the above.

20.   The oracle Delphi declared: “If Croesus (the King of Lydia) goes to war with cyrus (the king of Persia), he will destroy a mighty kingdom”. This is an example of the fallacy of ------------------
A. Equivocation   B. Amphiboly     C. Accent D. Complex Question

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[CBT]--Possible Question from GSP 207 Chapter 4 (Fallacies in Logic and Law reports)

[CBT]--Possible Question from GSP 207 Chapter 4 (Fallacies in Logic and Law reports) 

 

All student offering the course GSP207 in University of Nigeria Nsukka are required to practice the following selected questions to get prepared for quiz and examination forth coming  quiz and examination on the 27th March and 4th April respectively.

1. An argument that may seem correct but proves not to be so upon examination is ---------------------

2. Aristotle limited such fallacious to -------------------.

3. Another name for Argumentum ad Baculum is ---------------------.

4. Argument directed to the man, Abusive is known as --------------------------.

5. Argument directed to the man, Circumstantial is known as ----------------------.

6. Argument from Ignorance is refered to as -----------------------------.

7. Appeal to Pity is refered to as -------------------------------.

8. Appeal to the people is referred to as --------------------------.

9. Appeal to Authority is referred to as -----------------------------.

10. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc means -------------------------.

11. Fallacy of Ambiguity is divided into ---------------.

12. Fallacy of division is exactly the opposite of fallacy of -----------------.

13. Which of the following is not among the fallacies of ambiguity: Equivocation, amphiboly, composition, Populum.

14. When a word has more than one meaning is called -----------------------.

15. When there is a shift or change in the meaning of a statement based on deceptive but
    invalid assent or emphasis placed on a part of the statement is -----------------------.

16. When a person argues from premises with  ambiguous grammatical construction which are
    confusing is ------------.

17. "All men are equal" is an example of ----------------. .

18. A person's good or bad behaviour is logically irrelevant to truthfulness or falsehood.---------------.

19. Ignoratio Elenchi means ---------.

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Possible Questions from GSP 207 Chapter 5 (Basic Symbolic Logic)

Possible Questions from GSP 207 Chapter 5 (Basic Symbolic Logic)

All student offering the course GSP207 in University of Nigeria Nsukka are required to practice the following selected questions to get prepared for quiz and examination forth coming  quiz and examination on the 27th March and 4th April respectively.

Take time to through the following questions:

1. A type of statement that makes one complete sense is --------------------------------
2. Logical connectives are also known as ----------------------------------------
3. Negation is represented by the symbol ---------------------- & --------------
4. Conjunctions are represented by the symbol -----------, -----------------, -------------- and --------------
5. Disjunction is represented by the symbol --------------------------------
6. "iff" stands for -----------------------------------.

Use the following  information to answer the questions from 7 - 9.

If  P = John Bull and Q = Peter is handsome, then

7. P ^ Q means that ---------------------------------------------
8. ~ (P ^ Q) means that -----------------------------------------
9. ~ P means that -------------------------------------------------.

Use the information in the table below to answer question 10:

	p	q	p ^ q
Line 1	F	T	_______
Line 2	T	F	_______
Line 3	F	T	_______
Line 4	F	F	_______

10. Fill in the spaces in the figure above.


Use the information in the table below to answer question 11:

Column1	p	q	p ^ q	~p	~q	~ ( p ^ q)
Line 1	T	T	___	___	___	______
Line 2	T	F	___	___	___	______
Line 3	F	T	___	___	___	______
Line 4	F	F	___	___	___	______

11. Fill in the spaces in the figure above.

12. A statement is either true or false? -------------------
13 Sentences are the building block of arguments, True or False, ------------------------
14. ----------------------- is the initiator symbolic logic.


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[CBT]--Possible Question from GSP 207 Chapter 6 (Major schools of Philosophy)

Possible Question from GSP 207 Chapter 6 (Major schools of Philosophy) CBT

All student offering the course GSP207 in University of Nigeria Nsukka are required to practice the following selected questions to get prepared for quiz and examination forth coming  quiz and examination on the 27th March and 4th April respectively.

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1. The only thing that is real is ------------------------------
2. Who taught that the real world is the world of ideas?
3. Who distinguished between the mind and matter?
4. The mind is superior to matter, True or False ------------
5. Cogito ergo Sum means -----------------------------------
6. The two kinds of Idealism are -------------------------------
7. Esse est persi means ---------------------------------------------
8. Material world is the self-manifestation of ----------------------------
9. Which school of philosophy does not believe in the supernatural?----------------
10. --------------------holds that man should always seek for the highest pleasure and avoid pain.
11. ---------------------------- holds that the world is made up of atoms and space.
12. ------------------------ is the father of realism.
13. ---------------------- rejected Platos's splitting of the world into idealistic and material world.
14. Skepticism opposes ------------------------------------------.
15. ------------------------ teaches that true knowledge come from reasoning.
16. John Locke holds that at birth, the human mind is a -----------------------
17. Modern science embraces --------------------- and makes it a popular philosophical doctrine
18. Pragmatism can also be called  ----------------------------- and  ---------------------------------
19. Pragmatism originated from --------------------------------------------
20. The doctrine Positivism was developed by -------------------------------.

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How to Score High In SKUSAT 2017

How to Score High In SKUSAT

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Have you heard of SKUSAT before? if not read here to read how to go about it. After you must have read every thing about it and register, this post is now for you.

SAMPLE TEST

Steps to score high in this years SKUSAT CBT CONTEST

I tell you that if you follow this steps, you will surely make it in the coming SKUSAT test.

1. Get yourself acquainted with the the SKUSAT pre-test questions.
2. After visiting the above link, Click on any of the packages, Basic Level, Standard Level and Scholar Level. fig 1.0
3. Select any of the levels and you will be taken to a page to login. Fig 2.0.
4. Type in your name and click on Continue.
5. You will be directed to a page to practice the questions, keep on practicing at different Levels as chances of scaling through is directly proportional to the number of times you practice the questions.

FIG 1.0

FIG 2.0

You can also read current affairs, Atlases,  just do as much as you can.
NB: THE MORE YOU PRACTICE, THE MORE CHANCES OF PASSING THE TEST

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JAMB UTME 2017 Registration Centres in UNN

JAMB UTME 2017 Registration Centres in UNN

UNN ZENITH ICT

This is to inform all University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Staff who have children/ wards who would be taking the 2017 UTME Examination that registration is currently ongoing at the Zenith Bank ICT Centre very close to Lion water.



The Registration details are as follows:

Registration Begins: 20th March, 2017.

Registration Closes: 19th April, 2017.


You can also register 2017 UTME in the following places:

1. BELLSOFT TECHNOLOGIES -Economics department
2. University of Nigeria, Nsukka MTN LIBRARY

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